Dan Rather

Alive

Born: 10/31/1931Age: 87

Full name: Dan Irvin Rather Jr.Noted For: TV news reporter and correspondent (CBS News, 1962-81); news anchor, "CBS Evening News" (1981-2005). Reported the President Kennedy assassination (1963). Angrily walked off the set when a newscast was delayed by a tennis match, causing six minutes of dead air to be broadcast (1987). Reported a story critical of President Bush's National Guard service when all other major news organizations had determined the documents supporting the story to be forged (2004).Quotation: "Courage."